Jess (Nurtured First)
Child therapist and founder of Nurtured First; science-backed tools and community for emotion skills, development, and play as children’s work.
Structure Matters: Routines Boost Kids' Development
When we talk about effective parenting we often talk about warmth, but research backed parenting also tells us that structure is incredibly important for children as well. Of course this example is a bit “idealized” and isn’t realistic for every family, that’s ok! The goal of this post is to get you thinking about what kind of structure would benefit your child and work for your family. Keep in mind that routine, chores, structure, and predictable schedules are all incredibly helpful for kids.💜
How Parents Can Support Kids Facing RSD
Important note: This is a fictional story based off many kids and parent I’ve worked with that experience RSD. It’s not my personal story, but I wanted to tell it in first person to help parents see how they could...
Build Memory Systems: Support ADHD Minds, Not Fight Them
As an adult with ADHD being forgetful has always been on of the hardest things for me. Missing phone calls, meetings, and important info… learning new ways to support myself and my brain helped me stop missing things and put...
Understanding ADHD: Parents' Confusion Mirrors Child's Experience
And, if we’re confused as we raise them, imagine how confused they feel as well. This is again why understanding the ADHD brain is so important.
Neurodivergent Kids Struggle, Not Disrespect: Understand ADHD
I feel so deeply for our neurodivergent kids. They’re often so misunderstood. We see them as disrespectful or bad, when in reality they want to be good so desperately but their brain just struggles to control impulses, pay attention, handle...
A Pivotal Moment that Transformed Our Parenting
Sharing this again for those who are new here and haven’t heard this story. It’s truly one of those big moments that really changed our parenting.❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Cherish Tiny Parenting Moments That Echo Forever
We’ve been watching the footage from nasaartemis all week, and it has made me replay this night with our child in my mind over and over again. What a privilege to live on this earth with a small child who...
Teach Kids Compassion: Don't Let Them Become Joey
😭😭😭 Teach your children to be like these boys. My heart breaks for the younger version of Joey, he never deserved that. Let’s help our kids learn how to be kind and compassionate.
Sharing a Small Step of My Journey
There’s obviously a lot more layers I could get into here, but I hope this small piece of my journey tonight can help you in some way.❤️❤️❤️
A True Story That Moved Us to Create This Toolkit
True story that inspired our toolkit. I still tear up every time I think about this.
Love and Support Transform Struggling Child's Behavior
This made me very emotional to go back and think about. After our third child was born, one of our kids was really struggling. This is how we helped her. 4 years later, we still see the fruits of this...
Simple, Profound Response to a Child's Meltdown
Ok, the Dad in this story is my husband. But, I was walking behind him and we were on this walk together. The way he handled this meltdown was so simple, yet profound. I hope this helps you the next...